Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games

Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (also known as Mario and Sonic 3) is a sports game for the Nintendo 3DS featuring characters from the Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog series to tie-in in with the real Olympic Games in London in 2012.

It is a sequel to "Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games" and "Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games", both released for the Wii and Nintendo DS. The game was released February 9, 2012 in Australia, February 10 in Europe, February 14 in North America, and March 1 in Japan. [1][2][3][4]

Contents

Gameplay

The game features more than 55 original Olympic sports, playable in both single player and multiplayer modes. [5][6]

Sports

Athletics

20km Race Walk

3000m Steeplechase

Marathon

Triple Jump

Hammer Throw

Shot Put

110m Hurdles

1500m Race

4 x 100m Relay

Long Jump

Pole Vault

Javelin

Aquatic

100m Freestyle

10km Marathon Swim

Water Polo

Synchronised Swimming (duet)

100m Backstroke

Synchronised Platform Diving

100m Breaststroke

Court & Field

Beach Volleyball

Tennis

Badminton (singles/doubles)

Table Tennis

Basketball

Contact Sports

Judo

Taekwondo

Wrestling

Boxing

Fencing

Gymnastics

Balance Beam

Horizontal Bar

Floor

Rhythmic Ribbons

Rings

Trampoline

Cycling

BMX

Omnium

Sprint

Keirin

Boat Games

1000m Kayak

Canoe Slalom

Rowing (quadruple sculls)

Sailing 470 (pair)

Shooting

Double Trap

Archery

25 Rapid Fire Pistol

Team Archery

Multiple Sports

Triathlon

Modern Pentathlon

Others

Soccer

Hockey

Show Jumping

Handball

Weightlifting

Story Mode

Characters

Heroes

Mario

Luigi

Sonic

Tails

Girls

Peach

Daisy

Amy

Blaze

Wild Ones

Bowser

Donkey Kong

Knuckles

Vector

Tricksters

Wario

Waluigi

Dr. Eggman

Metal Sonic

Challengers

Yoshi

Bowser Jr.

Shadow

Silver

Rivals

Dry Bones (Sailing 470 (pair))

Dry Bowser (Sailing 470 (pair))

King Boo (Badminton doubles)

Boo (Badminton doubles)

Magikoopa (BMX)

Eggman Nega (4x100m Relay)

E-123 Omega (Wrestling)

Jet the Hawk (3000m Steeplechase)

Rouge the Bat (100m Backstroke)

Reception

The game has received average critical response. Official Nintendo Magazine gave it a 78, calling it "A better attempt at capturing Olympic spirit than the Wii version, but still not meaty enough." [7] Nintendo Gamer gave it a 70, reason being "Most events are just too simplified to make this truly essential."

Nintendo Power also gave it the same score, saying "Some activities aren't worthy of gold medals, but the addictive fun of the best ones proves that Mario and Sonic's latest competition is still a victory." IGN gave it a 65, stating "While it has some great mini-games, it forcefully limits itself and discards many of the ideas that made its predecessors so good." [8]

Nintendo Life gave it a 60, saying "While Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games is technically no worse than its forebears, its events are too much of a mixture when it comes to quality and after four years the blemishes and inconsistencies are beginning to wear thin." [9]

Nintendo World Report gave it a 55, stating "Even the best games in this package are fun no more than five times, and anything below that was lucky to be played more than twice. If there was more content, and Sega put more focus into making more of the games fun rather than making more games, I might have viewed the experience more fondly." [10]